Quiz  /  Gods and Goddesses

  • 1. 
    What form did the gods and goddesses of the Ancient Egyptians typically take?

  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Pyramids
  • Plants

  • 2. 
    Who was considered the most important and powerful god?

  • Isis
  • Horus
  • Thoth
  • Ra

  • 3. 
    What was Osiris the god of?

  • The moon and the stars
  • Knowledge and wisdom
  • The sky and the wind
  • The underworld and the dead

  • 4. 
    Why was it important that the body be preserved after death?

  • To help the people left behind to remember their relatives
  • So the body would scare off grave robbers from getting the treasure
  • To keep a record of the people who had lived in Egypt
  • So the ba and ka could unite in the afterlife

  • 5. 
    Pharaoh was considered to be the living version of which god?

  • Osiris
  • Isis
  • Horus
  • Ra

  • 6. 
    Thoth was the god of what aspects of the Egyptian life?

  • Art, dancing, and commerce
  • Death and the afterlife
  • Agriculture, wine, and crops
  • Writing, medicine, and mathematics

  • 7. 
    What type of headdress was the goddess Isis usually drawn with?

  • Sun
  • Hawk
  • Throne
  • Bird

  • 8. 
    True or False: Unlike the Romans and the Greeks, the Ancient Egyptians did not build many temples or other buildings to honor their gods.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 9. 
    What god was sometimes combined with Ra to make an even more powerful god?

  • Amun
  • Ra
  • Thoth
  • Horus

  • 10. 
    What two gods were married and the parents of the god Horus?

  • Isis and Osiris
  • Thoth and Ra
  • Amun and Ra
  • Osiris and Thoth
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